Professional Honing Steel 12 Magnetized for Safety No Rust No Cheap Plastic Nobles Knife Sharpener Has an Oval

Product description As counterintuitive as it may sound, a sharper knife is a safer knife! A dull knife blade is what tempts us towards bad habits while cutting. Added hand pressure and unnecessary hand movements can cause fingers to be where we don’t want them to be! Thus, it is imperative we keep our blades sharp. So how do we go about doing that? The first thing you have to know is the difference between honing your knife blade vs. sharpening it. H oning Rods vs. Knife Sharpeners Knife Sharpeners remove metal from your knife blade to literally sharpen your blade. Because of the amount of metal removed during the sharpening process, most home cooks shouldn’t sharpen their knives more than two or three times a year! Surprising, right? But true! Most often, what we consider needing to be sharpened is truly just needing to be honed! Honing Rods on the other hand realign the knife edge, removing the dullness from your blade without removing too much of the blade itself. This is the process we should be doing regularly! When using our knives, we inadvertently create microscopic folds, which can give the effect of a dull blade. This constant misalignment of our knife edge is not in need of sharpening; it’s in need of honing! Easy to confuse, since

Key details: Material: High Carbon Steel | Brand: Noble Home & Chef | Color: 3 Stripe | Product Dimensions: 17.25"L x 1.75"W x 1.25"H | Item Weight: 3.2 ounces | Grit Type: Coarse, Medium | Number of Items: 1 | UPC: 659682967271 | Customer Reviews: 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (3,318) 4.7 out of 5 stars | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No

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Customer feedback: 4.7/5 average rating.

Customers say: Customers find this knife sharpener to be better than any other steel, with razor-sharp results that make knives cut like butter.

Review snippets: Last Thanksgiving I was asked to carve the turkey. Our host offered her sister-in-laws knife which ," was just sharpened professionally," to carve the roast... Things did not go well. I looked around the kitchen and spied a honing steel / FINALLY! Honing steel worthy of it's description. Perfectly balanced, sharpens nice with fewer strokes of others bought, very well made, guard works perfectly without being to large! The thickness is absolutely perfect, easy to clean and trow up on wall

Product description As counterintuitive as it may sound, a sharper knife is a safer knife! A dull knife blade is what tempts us towards bad habits while cutting. Added hand pressure and unnecessary hand movements can cause fingers to be where we don’t want them to be! Thus, it is imperative we keep our blades sharp. So how do we go about doing that? The first thing you have to know is the difference between honing your knife blade vs. sharpening it. H oning Rods vs. Knife Sharpeners Knife Sharpeners remove metal from your knife blade to literally sharpen your blade. Because of the amount of metal removed during the sharpening process, most home cooks shouldn’t sharpen their knives more than two or three times a year! Surprising, right? But true! Most often, what we consider needing to be sharpened is truly just needing to be honed! Honing Rods on the other hand realign the knife edge, removing the dullness from your blade without removing too much of the blade itself. This is the process we should be doing regularly! When using our knives, we inadvertently create microscopic folds, which can give the effect of a dull blade. This constant misalignment of our knife edge is not in need of sharpening; it’s in need of honing! Easy to confuse, since honing your knife will absolutely make it seem sharper. Many chefs will hone their blades before each use of their knife, if not more than once when using the knife in excess! W hat Sets Noble Home and Chef Honing